Why should taxpayer money be used to shore up someones home that was built on the LEAST sturdy material known to man?? You build on the shore you are taking an inherent risk that should be your (and yours alone) responsibility. It not like you didnt know that hurricanes exist and WILL take away that beach in any given year, sometimes 3 or 4 times in a year. I wouldnt build on the side of a mountain that was prone to mudslides and then expect my neighbors to pay to shore up the mountain when it started raining every spring just because I wanted that view no matter what. And yes AndyA.. I do what I have to do to protect my backyard but I am not asking for a government bailout to do it. If my yard floods and I need more dirt I go buy it. I think we should be more like some of the towns along the east coast ...sure you can build but if Mother Nature takes it away it just GONE. And you arent allowed to create a new beach to put it on.
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